Scientists will begin a project next month to restore the natural environment around a wetland area at Dalian Lake in Shanghai that's been polluted by fish farming.

Two people take pictures in the man-made ecological wetland located in the Kangjian Park of Shanghai on Octobe 21, 2008. (Photo: Xinhua)

The fish farms will be banned, and plants and animals will be brought in to improve the ecological balance and water quality of the wetland. The Qingpu District lake is part of the larger Dianshan Lake, which feeds into the Huangpu River.

(Shanghai Daily October 22, 2008)